Ruthie Dorsett (date undetermined)

Ruthie is a baby. She was created by Sybil's rejection of the 'primal scene' - seeing her parents having sex for the first time. Hattie and Willard Dorsett, however, forced her to watch it night after night for years, by placing her cot in their bedroom.

The constellation of self concepts that are Ruthie are the emotions in reaction to the primal scene. As Sybil was extremely young at the time, the constellation of self concepts is under-developed. To reduce inconsistency between the love(?) of Sybil's parents and the shame of the primal scene Ruthie became fixed.

She is friends most with Marjorie.

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